The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-02


For those who live by scribbling. The asper-
To meet we promptly hasten, and deny it.
All cabbage eaters are ''herbivorous sinners
The lady says. That's only calling names.
Why, poets oft have cabbage for their dinners.
And find that, - . brain food it has claims
Fish ne'er posses sed: in fact. is full of phos
phorous.
Go to- Cabbage diet is the boss for u.s.
They all have cabbage heads who're cabbage
eaters,
She makes the statement; and If hat is so,
Then those who're fond Of bee Is are surely
beaters,
And those who dine on roosters ought to
crow.
Our dispositions governed by our dishes.
He loves q oipe who has . taste for quail,
And who's inordinately fond of fishes
Undoubtedly is every like q hale
The theory's q novel one, We can't deny;
1t beats mind reading and chirosophy.
But we have little doubt that it's falscious,
And precedent condemns it, we opine;
Who ever made the statement, goodness
gracious!
That he who eateth ham must herd with
swine?
The bon vivant doth seldom eat good liver;
He loveth venison, trout, salmon. moose,
We will accept the statement never, never.
That he who eateth geese must be q goose.
Then give us cabbage plenty with our dinners
Although we may be called "herbivOrous sim
ners.r
The crowds will begin to arrive from
the North in few q days, and the pros
pect is pretty good for our hotels for the
season. We are never very much crowd
ed until after the holidays.
Gainesville now boasts of q pOpu lation
numbering 5,O3s souls. From the sup
port given the daily paper in that town
stranger would think it a village of
only a few hundred inhabitants.
To-day we can take retrospective
look at 1886 and make preparations to
properly apply the lessons learned to
1887. 1t is our simple duty to make our
selves better and happier each new year.
MIR. Chas. F. Eaton got hold of three
overcoats during the panic at the Opera
House on Wednesday night, and has
one still ON hand which he is anxious to
swap for his own, which was lost at the
time.
We call attention to the big advertise
slent of Messrs. NJ. H. Rogero & Co.,
| which will be found in this mornings
paper. The firm carries a large stock,
and are enjoying a good trade. They
are offering special bargains for this
week, which will be seen by referring to
the advertisement.
The big doll at the crockery store of
Mr.. A. Usina will be ratified on Monday
night for the benefit of the Ladies' Me-
mortal Association. The doll is very
large and handsome, and II most beauti-
fully dressed. The lucky winner will
have prize in such a doll, and we have
no doubt but that Tony's heart will be
broken when she is taken away from
him.
The little item in The NEWS yesterday
in reference to the presentation of a
handsome Bible and spread by the en-
gineers Of the Florida Southern Railroad,
failed to state distinctly to whom the
Bible was presented. The presentation
was made to Mr.. w. C. Caldwell. The
occasion was a very happy one, and all
present enjoyed it thoroughly.
The kilograms yesterday predicted a
freeze, and the clerk of the weather
seemed determined to send it down, but
T. H. Haley & Co. presented US with
some white port, so crusty with age and
20 full of rare excellence from the in
most heart Of the grape, that the staff of
The News knew little of the tempera-
ture outside. They have more of the
same, they say.
Rev. Sam w. Small. the noted evan
eelist, will be in Palatka this week, and
will preach at the Methodist church on
Wednesday evening. The simple an
nouncement that this eloquent orator
and able divine will preach in our city
will serve to fill the church to overflow
ing. Mr.. Small is one of the most re-
markable men in the South, and his
brief career in the pulpit has already
given him National reputation.
There is an old saying that a bad be
ginning makes a good ending. II that
be so. then we have high hopes for 1887.
The New Year opened raining and
gloomy enough. and all day yesterday
the town was as dull and quiet a. it
was ever in midsummer. A drilling
rain and a cold wind made it extremely
unpleasant out Of doors, and but few
people ventured on the streets. In the
afternoon it began to turn cold, and I'M
less a big change took place during the
night we will probably have some ice
this morning. But we hope that old
saying will come true.